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[ ham-bohn ] / ˈhæmˌboʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hambone ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Theater.(especially in vaudeville) a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped Black dialect. Origin of hamboneFirst recorded in 1850–55; ham1 + bone; cf. ham2 Words nearby hambonehamate, hamba, hamba kahle, Hambletonian, hambo, hambone, Hamborn, Hamburg, hamburger, Hamburger's law, Hamden Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hamboneThat one made me laugh because I felt like such a hambone pantomiming. Emmys 2013: Julie Bowen’s Favorite ‘Modern Family’ Moments (VIDEO)|Julie Bowen|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Beck is an entertainer, and he does his job with hambone energy and handfuls of self-mockery. The Beck Rally Is Harmless|John Batchelor|August 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST Reynolds did as directed and Hambone ducked for cover and the wagon stood stock still. S.O.S. Stand to!|Reginald Grant The first thing Hambone did was to go to the back of the wagon for the jar. S.O.S. Stand to!|Reginald Grant
Our glee was positively fiendish next day when watching Hambone wriggling uneasily in his clothes at parade. S.O.S. Stand to!|Reginald Grant A minute or two elapsed and no explosion taking place, Hambone rejoined the wagon and the party proceeded. S.O.S. Stand to!|Reginald Grant They'd rather fight en a yaller dawg likes fo' to worry a hambone. Isle o' Dreams|Frederick F. Moore
Words related to hambonestar, actor, performer, artist, character, clown, player, villain, comedian, entertainer, thespian, impersonator, ham, lead, extra, understudy, mimic, mime, trouper, walk-on |